Invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Limfjorden (Denmark) in late summer 2007 - Assessment of abundance and predation effects

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-401

  Riisgård, Hans Ulrik ^a   Bøttiger, Line ^a   Madsen, Caroline V ^a   Purcell, Jennifer E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Aurelia aurita; Beroe sp; Comb jelly; Ctenophora; Jellyfish; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749138818     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.8     Document Type: Article

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